Quote Originally Posted by RowanLauron View Post
Problem was you couldn't alt+tab out of full screen without crashing the game :/ That's all I had an issue with though.

And Wolfie I main a healer so maybe that's why I don't use it as much, but when I did tank in older xpacs I did use it however. Mainly for the ability timers. Never wanted to be caught off guard by something if my mind wandered

And I agree with you about the misconception. There is still a lot of player response needed, just some people don't pay attention even with all the bells and whistles going off. But that's what separates the good from the bad. Helps good players play more effectively, and bad players get found out lol
It was basically the lowest level of safety net that guilds could enforce because it was easy to install, use, and understand.

It aggregated clear warnings that the boss gave, like emotes and shouts, with timers that had to be thoroughly tested by the top raid guilds (reason why DBM warnings were always 1-3 weeks late after world first kills on bosses).

Functionally it's no different than having a raid lead yell at you over Skype/Mumble/Vent about what you should be doing or paying attention to. No amount of yelling or DBM warnings are going to move your character for you, and you are neither a worse player for following them, nor a better player for ignoring them.